Most of my girls are busy! They will dig, forage, explore and generally cause havoc the entire time they are out free ranging. But not Becky. She has about 90 minutes in her and then she needs a nap. I guess when you look this good beauty rest is a top priority.
#beckywiththegoodhair #polishchicken #bufflacedpolish #petchickens #chickennap #backyardchickens #gardenfriends
This is an approved dust bathing area. Why do they look so guilty? When they are tearing up the garden they look pleased as punch. But doing the right thing clearly makes them uncomfortable.
#brycedallashoward #whitelacedredcornish #gloriavanderbilt #oliveegger #petchickens #dustbath #Gwinnett #gardeningwithchickens
Once again, trying to eat dinner while watching the chickens. Instead, being watched by the chickens while eating dinner! Tomatoes by me, basil by @shadygrovefarmstead and happy goat cheese by @cattywampus.acres47. Eat local folks! Farmers market Tuesdays at 6:30 at @slowpourbrewing in downtown Lawrenceville, GA.
#eatlocal #growyourownfood #lovelawrenceville #gwinnettcounty #petchickens #inspectors #
Gloria, that’s not the ONE tomato I picked today on your beak is it? It is? You knocked it off the fence post and quietly ate the whole thing while I was pulling weeds? And you’re not sorry? No shame at all? Pretty proud actually and would 100% do it again? Awesome.
#gardeningwithchickens #petchickens #zone7b #circleoflife #youwinsomeyoulosesome #gloriavanderbilt #badchickens #brat #pinktomato
The girls having been paying the rent lately so I’m letting them dig in the compost pile. The compost pile is their number one rated destination on Cluck. (It’s like Yelp, but for chickens.)
#petchicken #compost #chickenfeast #showmeyourpouch #tinyfarmer #fresheggs #happyeggs #happyhens #payingtherent
Harvest! It’s been another tough year for tomatoes around here but luckily I have a neighbor that shares (plus a CSA and a farmer’s market)! That’s the last of the cucumbers. I’ll be pulling the vines this week. What can I trellis for fall?
#zone7b #farmtotable #SpaghettiSquash #eggplant #zucchini #sungold #gwinnettcounty #harvestbasket
Look at Vi in the lower left. She has an entire stalk of kale on her back. Do your chickens throw things over their shoulders when foraging? I mean “foraging.” Clearly no one is searching for food around here. The broodies are the best at throwing all kinds of things onto their backs while feeling nesty. Weirdos.
#petchickens #VioletZindars #darkbrahma #silkies #polishchicken #sicilianbuttercup #gardeningwithchickens #chickenfeastfriday
You know how sometimes, you’re going to harvest that squash tomorrow but then you work late and forget and then two days later you come back to find it has graduated high school, started working out and got all swole? Now it wants to talk about protein powder and squat PRs? Oops.
#giantsquash #summersquash #zone7b #harvestbasket #tinyfarm #crossfitsquash #lunchboxpeppers
The Garden Inspectors seem fine with the knee high weeds but were very disappointed that the cucumbers are now producing only above the two foot mark. I heard grumbles of “elitist” and “bull…” from these two as they returned empty beaked.
#gloriavanderbilt #Gretchen #sicilianbuttercup #petchickens #freerange #zone7b #gardeningwithchickens #gwinnettcounty #eatlocal
I think it is almost time to harvest my giant #spagettisquash! It has turned golden yellow and my fingernail does not easily penetrate the skin. I am now just waiting for the stem to turn a little brown. If I harvest too early it won’t noodle well and that would be a major #gardeningfail.
#zone7b #wintersquash #opinionswelcome #Gwinnett #homegrown #yardtotable
The Thing I Did Not Plant is having another fantastic year! Transplanted for the fifth time in as many years, to some poor soil with not nearly enough sunshine, then shredded by hail, it has produced the best flowers yet! Meanwhile, the #FiddleleafFig I’ve been doting on inside seems to throw more leaves on the floor every time I look at it.
#sentientbeings #cannalilly #zone7b #gwinnettcounty #gardeningfail #cantwinthemall
The garden inspectors have reviewed the work that I did extracting melon for human consumption and ruled that I was slightly too thorough. Next time I will do a worse job so more is left for the pre-compost cleaning crew.
#watermelon #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #polishchicken #silkie #petchickens #crazythingschickenpeopledo #freeranging #spoiledchickens
Thank you for the beautiful flowers @shadygrovefarmstead! If you live in the #Gwinnett, Georgia area they are now hosting a small market at @slowpourbrewing in downtown #Lawrenceville on Tuesdays from 5-8. Flowers, berries, veggies, goat cheese from @cattywampus.acres47, what else could you need?
#eatlocal #supportsmallbusiness #gwinnettcounty #lovelawrenceville #hydrangea #zone7b
I eat okra raw. That’s how I like it. Young, tender pods, dipped in a little ranch. They taste like crunchy green beans and have excellent texture. I would also slice them for salads. The infamous slime appears when they are cooked so this avoids that entirely.
#okra #zone7b #gardening #gwinnettcounty #tinyfarm #newvegetables
Kahlo and I would like to announce that we are at 0% broody. It took 6 days of being locked out of the nesting areas but everyone is now back in circulation. Kay does not want to hear anything about her food boob. It was a heavy snack day.
#petchickens #polishchicken #whitecrestedblackpolish #Kahlo #foodboob #gardeningwithchickens #zone7b #freeranging